Patti Flather, MFA 1999
How did your time in the Creative Writing Program influence your work? This MFA was hugely important, supporting my career development as a writer. I arrived at UBC Acadia family housing from the Yukon with my husband and 2 young daughters. I benefitted greatly from writing workshops in my genres (plays, screen, short fiction) with […]
Calvin Wharton, MFA 1999
Calvin Wharton is a Faculty Emeritus of Creative Writing at Douglas College, where he served as Department Chair (2008-16) and as Editor of Event magazine (1996-2001). He was a writer in residence at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and a participant in the Coracle Europe Literary Residency in Tranås, Sweden. His next book […]
Frances Greenslade, MFA 1992
What’s your latest published/performed work? Shelter, a novel (Random House) What are your most recent awards? New Face of Fiction, Random House Nomination for BC Book Prize Ethel Wilson award (Shelter) Named one of Waterstones 11 (Shelter) Nominated for Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award (Shelter) Is there anything else about your writing career you’d like […]
Kathryn Mockler, MFA 1998
Kathryn is the author of four poetry books and several short films and experimental video which have screened at over 60 festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Festival, ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, and EMAF and have been broadcast on TMN, Movieola, and Bravo. She attended the Canadian Film Centre’s Writers’ Lab […]
Bob Wakulich, MFA 1999
Bob Wakulich received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia in 1999. He also holds a BFA in Writing with a Film Studies Minor from the University of Victoria (1996), a BA in Sociology from Lakehead University (1977), and he attended the Banff School of Fine Arts Summer Writing Workshop in […]
Andrew Gray, MFA 1996
Andrew Gray is the author of a collection of short fiction, Small Accidents, which was shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Award at the BC Book Prizes and an IPPY Independent Publisher’s award in the US. He’s the co-author of the novella The Ghost Line (Tor.com). His speculative fiction has been published in magazines including Malahat […]
Miranda Pearson, MFA 1998
Miranda is the author of four poetry collections and completed her MFA at UBC in 1998, where she was poetry editor for Prism International. She has taught at UBC and at SFU. She is originally from England and currently in lives in Vancouver. Publications: Prime The Aviary Harbour The Fire Extinguisher
Kevin Chong, MFA 1997
Kevin Chong was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver. He’s the author of five books of fiction and non-fiction. As a journalist, his work has appeared in a range of publications, including Taddle Creek, Chatelaine, Maclean’s, Maisonneuve, Vancouver Magazine, and The Walrus. He teaches creative writing at the University of British Columbia and […]
Annabel Lyon, MFA 1996
Annabel Lyon is an Assistant Professor in the Creative Writing program at UBC. She’s the author of seven works for adults and children. Her newest book is a forthcoming YA novel entitled Nora in Paris. Publications: Oxygen The Best Thing for You All-Season Edie Encore Edie The Golden Mean Imagining Ancient Women The Sweet Girl